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| Save the Date that is.... 
Initially, I wanted to use a picture from our engagement photoshoot as a basis for our save the date magnets. I've been rethinking the idea and decided to go with something else. The more I think about it, the more narcissistic it seems: please hang this photo of my fiance and I on your refrigerator forever! I may make them for immediate family members but not for everyone that I plan on inviting to the wedding.
I've been toying with a couple of ideas since but nothing is really sticking. The ideas include
1. A simple postcard with a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge or any other scenic bay area photo stating our names, date, and city of the wedding. Seriously, this would cost us less than $10 including stamps. This project would be super affordable.
2. Make something?!?!? I've seen some pretty cute save the dates on Weddingbee that seem simple enough which would be kind of nice. I like the idea of working on a craft project and mailing it to our guests. I still have a few months before we need to send it out so I guess it's back to square uno! | | |
| I went to my grandmother's for Autumn Moon a few weekends ago and she gifted me with a basket of home grown tomatoes... I like tomatoes but I don't love tomatoes and I had no idea what to do with so many tomatoes. I don't care for them raw too much, not a whole dozen at least. Fruit flies started dominating my kitchen basket so I knew it was time to act on cooking the tomatoes if I wanted to at all. I checked for mold and threw one away but the rest were still plenty ripe and yummy looking. I preheated the oven to 350 F, quartered the gutted the tomatoes, then chopped up a bunch of garlic. I placed a piece of parchment paper on my baking sheet, lined the tomatoes up neatly, added at least once piece of garlic on top of the tomato, added salt and drizzled garlic oil on top and popped it in the oven for an hour and a half. The roasted tomatoes made my kitchen so home-y and fragrant... Jeff and I ate a few slices with bread for dinner and I packed the rest of the tomatoes tightly in a jar filled with olive oil so we can enjoy it for the remaining weeks.
I love roasted tomatoes  | | |
| My mom came to town for Autumn Moon Festival this weekend so we did some wedding errands... went to jewelry stores, went dress shopping and we actually ended up buying a wedding dress! It's completely different from what I had in mind but I really like it!
Pronovias - Rosana
Up till recently I had never tried on a dress with a train. OMG, so pretty!! I had never paid much attention to how beautiful bustles were either. When else in my lifetime will I get to wear a dress with a train and bustle?! Better milk it now.
Yes, it is strapless but since I need to it bring the dress up for length, I will have a lot of excess fabric to create cap sleeves for the dress. Happy days!
I can always buy a 1950's dress for special occasions... say, our first marriage anniversary? 
I still adore dresses from the 1950's but for one day, no matter how impractical, I'm wearing a dress with a train that can bustle. | | |
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